Deltona, FL
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Deltona ranks 210th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 170th for income. A household earns $73,701 a year while median rent runs $1,614/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 1% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (80th of 300), while commute is the soft spot (254th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 239th and home prices 192nd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Deltona, your take-home is worth about $61,704 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 170th of 300↑35.1%$73,701
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 209th of 30099 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $74,170
- Per-capita income
- $41,369
- Full-time pay
- $41,818
Housing
- Median rent
- 239th of 300↑43.7%$1,614/mo
- Home value
- 192nd of 300↑67.1%$362,600
- Property tax
- $2,760/yr · 0.8%
- Sales tax
- 6.95%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 151st of 3004.5%
- Bachelor's+
- 203rd of 30029.9%
- Avg commute
- 254th of 30027.8 min
People
- Population
- 739,516
- Population change
- +10.6%
- Median age
- 48.0 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 9.7%
- Broadband
- 94%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 80th of 30041
- Natural-hazard loss
- 229th of 300$18/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 152nd of 30018.5%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 14.4%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Air quality
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Education
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — daytona beach intl ap.
What jobs pay in Deltona
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $203,520
- IT managers
- $153,240
- Pharmacists
- $135,200
- Financial managers
- $133,440
- Lawyers
- $127,390
- Software developers
- $122,000
- Civil engineers
- $100,160
- General & operations managers
- $91,710
- Registered nurses
- $84,180
- Accountants & auditors
- $73,730
- Web developers
- $72,420
- Secondary school teachers
- $60,520
- Elementary school teachers
- $57,770
- Police officers
- $53,510
- Plumbers
- $50,490
- Electricians
- $48,950
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $47,660
- Carpenters
- $46,670
- Construction laborers
- $43,710
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $42,820
- Customer service reps
- $38,030
- Waiters & waitresses
- $35,440
- Janitors
- $34,580
- Retail salespersons
- $33,370
- Cashiers
- $29,950
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Deltona metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Florida are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- New York2,141
- New Jersey2,019
- Ohio1,857
- Pennsylvania1,593
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Deltona metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Deltona metro?
- Median gross rent across the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area is $1,614 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Deltona.
- What is the median household income in the Deltona metro?
- A typical household in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area earns $73,701 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Deltona expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area runs about 1% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Deltona metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $74,170 (versus its face value of $73,701). CityLedger rates the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Deltona metro?
- The median home value across the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area is $362,600 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Deltona metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area is 4.5% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).